Control system



Sept. 14, 1943. B. HusToN CONTROL SYSTEM Filed 0012. 19. 1942 Fig.

l I I CURRENT L/M/r `22 F/ELa FURWARD REVERSE "2 7 Inventor: Claude B. Huston,

bg WM His Attorney.

mentes Sepe 14, 194s man omm- 19, 194s, semi Nn. 402,467 11 cum. ici. 11s-119) This invention relates to particularly to systems for ation oi' electric motors, the provision of a simple, control system of this More specifically, the invention relates to control systems in which the motor is supplied from control systems, more trolling the operit has for an object reliable, and improved an adjustable voltage generator, the excitation oi Which is speed of response, and a further object, of the invention is the provision oi.' means for limiting the pump-back current to a predetermined low value during reversals oi the motor.

furnished by' an exciter having a rapid In carrying the invention into eect in one form thereof'in a system in which a motor is supplied from an adjustable voltage generator, the exciter for the neld of the generator-ls a dynamoelectric machine which. in turn, is excited by the net difference oi' a reference component of excitation and a component of excitation which is proportional to the voltage existing at the terminals oi.' the generator and the motor. Means are provided ior reversing the polarity or the reference component to reverse the direction of rotation of the motor. In order tor limitthe pump-back current between the motor and generator during this reversal. means are provided iorv removing the eiiect oi' the voltage component of excitation which otherwise would become and remain additive to the reversed reference component until' the generator voltage is reversed.

In illustrating the invention in one form thereof, it ls illustrated as embodied in a motor control system that is particularly adapted to the control ot motor driven auxiliaries associated with a reversing blooming or slabbing mill such as zlhears.l The invention also has other applicaons.

For a better and more complete understanding of the invention, reference should now be had to the following speciilcation and to the accompanying drawing of which Fig. 1 is a simple, diagrammatical illustration oi' an embodiment of the invention: Fig. 2 is a simple vector diagram which illustrates the relationship oi components of excitation oi' the exciting machine for the adjustable voltage generator; and Fig. 3 is a chart of c c curves which facilitate an understanding of the operation of the system embodying the invention.

Referring now so Athe drawing, the motor nA isconnectedto-drivealoadsuchasoneofthemill auxiliaries mentioned in the foregoing. This motor is illustrated as a direct current motor provided with a separately excited ileld winding Ila. This iield winding may be excited from any suitable source oi excitation such as represented by thetwo supplylines Il towhichtheileld Ila is connected by means of conductors il and it, v

The amature of the motor Il is supplied from an adjustable voltage direct current generator I4 which is driven at a speed that is preferably substantially constant by suitable driving means l such as the induction motor Il. As shown, the

armatures oi the. motor Il and the generator I 4 and their respective commutating eld windings Ib and lla are connected in a series loop circuit. The voltage of the generator Il can be ,screwdown equipments, front and rear live tables, side guards, manipulators. and slab and billet varied over a wide range by varying its excitation, and to this end the generator il is provided with a separately excited ield winding Mb which is excited by means of a special cross amature reaction excited direct armature reaction compensated dynamoelectric machine I l. The. dynamoelectric machine Il diiiers from a conventional direct current machine in that itv has a pair of auxiliary brushes Ila arranged on an axis that is normally displaced substantially electrical degrees from the axis oi the main load brushes IIb. 'Ihese auxiliary brushes Ita are substantially short circuited by an external conductor. A main directional' control or reference iield. winding itc is arranged on the axis of the main load brushes and provides a relatively small number oi' ampere turns. `However. the relatively small voltage induced in the armature between the auxiliary brushes by means of the control iiux produces a very large current in the short circuit, and this short circuit current gives rise to a very large cross amature ux in line with the short circuited brushes and therefore across, or at an angle, to the ordinary load currentarmature reaction which isnormally substantially in line with the main load brushes lib. It is this crossarmature reaction flux which provides the main operating ilux or excitation for the machine. By reason of the low inductance and low resistance of the circuit including the auxiliary brushes, a very small change in the control flux will produce a very large and a very rapid change in the voltage between the main brushes IIb. A series winding llf is connected in circuit with the main load brushes for substantially completely neutralizing or compensating for the direct armature reaction of the machine.

. The main directional control or reference eld winding vldlc is arranged to be connected for for ward and reverse energization thereby to provide for generation of voltage of either polarity by the supply generator i4 and thereby to provide for operation of the motor i in either direction as desired. For this purpose, a pair of directional contactors il and i8 is provided for connecting the reference ileld Winding lBc to the source H for excitation in either direction. It may be assumed that the direction in which the motor illv rotates when the reference eld winding iSc is connected to the source Il by means of the contactor i1 is the forward direction, and conversely, that the direction in whichthe motor lll rotates when the field winding i60 is connected tol this source i! by means of the contactor li8 `is the reverse direction. As shown in the drawing', the operation of the directional coni-.actors Il and l 8 is under the control of a reversing type master switch I9. The dynamoelectric machine I6 is also provided with a iield winding ISd winch is connectedacross a portion of a potentiometer comprising resistors 20a and 20h. 'I'his potentiometer is illustrated as being connected to the terminals of the generator i4. However, since the voltage of the motor I0 is substantially equal to the voltage of the generator I4, the potentiometer 20a, 20h may be connected to the terminals of the motor if desired. In either` case, the eld winding 16d will be energized in proportion 4to ythe voltage existing at the terminals of the` generator and the motor. The :field winding iSd is arranged on the load current brush axis of the dynamoelectric machine I6 and is connected so that its ux opposes the 'flux of the reference control eld winding ISc. Thus, the reference eld` winding i60 produces a reference component of excitation of the'dynamoelectric machine i6, and the voltage control eld winding I6d produces an opposing component of excitation proportional to the voltage of the generator and the motor. The reference field winding itc tends to increase the voltage of the generator while the voltage 'control iield winding iSd tends to reduce the excitation of the dynamoelectric machine to the point at which a balanced condi= tion is established in which the difference between the uxes of the reference iield winding idc and the voltage control eld winding ld, or the net excitation, is just sumcient to sustainthe voltage of the generator-at the desired value.

This balanced condition between the reference excitation oi the exciter required to produce the generator leld current-'which will produce the desired output voltage of the generator. The

voltage supplied by the generator to tliemoirsrv will be regulated to this value unless it is changed by external adjustment, such for example, as adjustment of the value of the resistor at which is connected in series relationship with the voltage` control field winding ltd. The greater the amountof the resistor 28 which is activelyin eluded in' circuit with the-ileld winding idd, the. greater'must the voltage oi the generator ld bef For the pllrPse oi limiting the current transmitted between the armatures of the generator il and the motor i0 to a predetermined maximum value, the dynamoelectric machine l is provided with an additional ileld winding ie arranged on the load axis of the machine and connected sp that it acts differentially with respect to the excitation of the reference iield winding ic. This additional eld winding IBe is energized by a suitable voltage drop device included in the i armature loop circuit. Although a suitable shunt or resistor may be employed for this purpose, it is preferred to utilize the voltage drop across the commutating eld windings Ida and Ib. The armature terminal of the commutating field winding ib is connected by means of a concome in order to bring about the balanced rela-4 tionshipbetween the component excitationsl of the dynamcelectric machine i6.

ductor 25 and'reversely connected half-wave rectiers 26d and 24e to points of diierent voltage on the potentiometer 24, and an intermediate point of voltage on the potentiometer, preferably the midpoint, is connected to one terminal of thev current limit eld winding 86e. The other terminal of the current limit eld windingy is connected to the amature terminals ofy the commutating field winding Mai The reversely connected rectiners 24d and 2de provide for comparing the voltage drop across the commutating held windings la and Villb with the voltage lacross one or the other of the active portions 24h and 24C of the potentiometer 24 depending upon the direction of current ow between the armatures of the generator and motor, and also serve to prevent energization of the current limit'eld winding lGe at all times when the current transmitted between the armatures of the generator i4 and motor I0 is less than a predetermined value.

When the lower armature terminal of the generator ici is positive and when the voltage drop across the commutating field windings Ma and lob exceeds the voltage drop across tine-portionl 2de of the potentiometer 24, current will flow through the eld winding IBe in the direction indicated by the solid arrow. When the current transmitted between the generator and the motor is in the reverse direction and the voltage drop across the commutating eld windings ida and lob exceeds the voltage drop across the portion 2Gb of the potentiometer, current will ow through the field winding ite in the reverse direction.

If in the progress of building up the generator voltage, the current limit should be exceeded,

thenthe current limit iield winding ie becomes .Themotor will stall at this point, and the voltagel I ofthe generator will of coin-sev be Just sufficient tooveroome the internal resistance of the armature. circuit; The current limit iield winding therefore must be capable oi developing the full cunt ofpere turns oi' the reference deld Winding itc when the predetermined maximum y assasas the current limit ileld winding are represented y by the vector 26. The length of the vector 26'is the same as the length of the vector 2| and in the oppositedirection, thereby indicating that when the maximum permissible amature current is owing, the ampere turns of the current limit field winding lie are equal to the ampere turns ofthe reference field winding lic andv in the opposite direction.

In order to bring about the desirable snappy action during (acceleration, deceleration and reversal of the motor i which results from forcing of the generator Il, the ampere turns of the reference field winding lic are approximately l flve'times the net ampere turns required to bring about the balanced condition -of the system.

' Therefore the ampere turns of the opposing voltj age control ileldwinding lid must be approximately fourtimes the net excitation of the dynaxnoelectric machine I8. This relationship is illustrated in Fig. 2 in which the length of the reference ileldvector 2| is approximately five times the length of the net excitation vector 2i, and the length o f voltage field vector 22 is approximately four times the net excitation vector n If the direction of rotation of the motor I0 is suddenly reversed by reversing the excitation oi' the reference ileld llc, there-will be an interval in which the generator voltage is decaying to zero, in which the reference and voltage components of excitation of the dynamoelectric machine` Il are in the same direction. Thus momentarily. the reference ilelds and voltageilelds tend to increase the excitation of the dynamoelectric machine it to nine times normal net excitation. Hbwever,'at the maximum permissible value of pump-back current. the reference component of excitation will be oifset by the current limit component of excitation, and the voltage neld winding lid will increase the .excitation oi the dynamoelectrlc machine I6 to four times normal net excitation. This operating condition is ilhxstratedin Fig.2 in which the reversed reference neld component of excitation is represented bythe dotted vector 21, and the reversed current limit component oi excitation is represented by the 'dotted vector 2l. .'I'he reference field vector 21 and the current limit neld lvector 28 are of the samelength and in opposite direction. indicating that the current limit neld balanoes out thereference field and that the voltage field winding lld raises the excitation of-dynamoelectric machine It to' four times normal value in a direction to force the decay of thev subsequently to build it' generator voltage and up in the reverse direction. A

As a result of the four times normal net excitation of the exciter II, the pump-back current between the motor -Il and generator Il would approach nearly double the maximum permissible value of current.. as illustrated 'by the broken line curve c in Fig. 3. before the current limit component of excitation reached the Ivalue at whichthe'balanced condition of the system would be The amount of current that can safely be commutated by the commutator of -.a dynamoelectric machine is strictly 1 inthe case of a generator, this limitwith the voltage owing to the total field ilux which results from weakening the main neld. Consequently, these pimp-back current peaks or nearly double the maximum permissible value of current during a reversal when the generator voltage is decaying to ro exceed the value of current which can safely be commutated by a wide margin and produce arcing at the brushes which is destructive of the commutator and the brushes.

Por the purpose of eliminating this undesirable condition during reversal, means are for d the voltage component during the reversal until the p0- larlty oi' the is accomplished by means o! a pair of reversely connected rectifier; 2l and 2l' and a pair of selector relays 3l and 3i. Although the rectifiers 2l and 2l'may be of any suitabletype, they are preferably of the surface contact rectifying e such as the well-known copper oxide rectiingvalued distortion of the The rectiilers 2l and 20 are selectively connected in series relationship with the voltage control iield winding Ild in response to the seiective operation oi' the selector relays Il and Il. When the excitation of the reference ileld winding ile is reversed to reverse the generator voltage, the selector relays operate to interrupt the circuit of the voltage control field winding iid through one of the rectiners and to complete the connection through the reversely connected rectiner so that. current cannot flow through the voltage control iieid winding Ild until the polarity of the generator voltage is reversed.

With the foregoing understanding of the apparatiis and its organization in the system, the operation of the system itself will readily be understoocil from the following detailed description. The switching device I2 is operated to the closed position incomplete the loop circuit between the armatures of the generator il and the motor Il. The slider 22a is set at a point on the resistor 2l :Thich corresponds to the desired speed of the mo r.

' The motor is started in the forward direction by moving the master switch il to the forward position in which the llingers ila and ilb are `bridged by their cooperating segments lIc and ild which are' connected together. This com- Plates an energizing circuit for the operating coil of the forward contacter i1 which closes its main contacts Ila and l'lb to complete an energizing circuit for the reference neld winding llc to the source il. Simultaneously, it closes its auxiliary contacts llc and IId. Contacts llc in closing complete the connections. of the voltage neld winding iid to the potentiometer 20a, 2lb

through the rectiiierll. and contacts ild in eiosing complete an -energising circuit for the operating coil of the selector relayll. Relay Il in responding to energisation closes its main contact a to complete a connection in parallel with the contact Ilc of the forward contacter. Simultaneously, relay Il closes its auxiliary contacto IIb to complete a'holding circuit for the operating coil of relay I I in parallel with the contact Ild.

Asa result of the excitation of its reference tleidwinding Ilc,currentiscausedtoiiowin the short circuit of the machine Il and this short circuit current produces a cross armature reaction iiux which causescurrent to be 'supplied-.from the load brushes lfb to the main ileld .winding Mb of the adjustable voltage generator voltage is reversed. This generator id f As a result, the generator i4 generates a voltage which is supplied to the armature terminals of the motor l and this causes the motor to accelerate. The generator voltage escasas 3d which drops out to interrupt the connections between the voltage4 control iield winding. lid and the junction point between the resistors 20a and 2Gb of the potentiometer whichfis connected across the generator terminals. Contacts IsoV in closing complete an energizing circuit for the operating coil. of the reverse selectorl relay 3l.

In-response to energization, relay 3l closes its main contact Sla to complete connections from posing component 'of excitation produced by the A voltage eld winding iSd increases proportionately. The acceleration of the motor continues until the difference between the reference component of excitation and the voltage component of excitation is such a velue that any further increase in` the voltage component would produce a decrease in the speed of the motor l0; in other words, the acceleration continues until a balanced condition is established in the system in which the net excitation, i. e., the difference between the reference component of excitationand the voltage component of excitation is just sufdcient to sustain the generator voltage. v

The relationship between the generator voltage and current during this portion of the operation is represented by the solid curve 33 in Fig. 3.

If the current limit is exceeded, then the current limit field assists the voltage held ld to force the net excitation down to the bare minimum value which will cause the maximum permissible value of current to ow. The motor will thus stall at this point which is indicated in Fig. 3 slightly above the point 33h at which the curve 3o crosses the zero voltage ordinate. However. after the acceleration of the motor has been completed the current and voltage of the generator will attain a. value such as represented by the point Sta on the curve 3s.'

In order toreverse the direction of rotation of the motor, the 'master switch is moved from the forward position to the reverse position. As a result of this, the energizing circuit for the op- -erating coil o the forward contacter El is interrupted at the master switch contacts and the forward contacter l1 drops Vout and opens its main contacts lla and l'lb to disconnect the reference field winding lc from the source ii.

relay Il. l

In the reverse position of the master switch, an energizing circuit is completed for the operating coil of the reverse vcontacter E8; and this conand ,'lb to connect the reference field winding iEc to the source li for energization inthe reverse direction so that the excitation of this eld winding at this point is represented by the dotted vector 2l in Fig. 2. Simultaneously, reverse contactor i8 closes its auxiliarycontacts lcand 58d and opens its interlock contacts lise. Contacts |89 in opening interrupt the sealing-in circuit `for the operating coil ot forward selector relay 75" l tactor in responding closes its main contacts No the `voltagecontrol field winding 86d through rectifier 29 to the junction point of the resistors 20a and 2b of the potentiometer, and contacts 3Ib in closing complete a sealing-in circuit for the operating coil of relay 3l through' the normally closed interlock contact lle of the forward contacter il.

At the instant of reversal of the reference eld Winding I 6c, the polarity of the generator voltage remains' unchanged since owing to the time constant of the generator field winding, the flux has not yet had time to decay. Consequently, no current flows through the voltage control eld winding iSd because its connectionsto the po.

tentiometer are through the rectler 29' which is reveiseh7 connected with respect to the rectiiler 29 through which current flows whenth'e polarity of the generator voltage is such as to produce rotation of the motor in the forward direction.

As the flux of the generator is forced to decay, the generator terminal voltage becomes less than the voltage of' the motor, and consequently,

current is pumped back from the motor to the generator in the reverse direction from that in which current flowed when the generator sur plied current to the motor. As a result of this, the polarity of the current limit iield ite is re- .versed, and this condition is represented by the reversed dotted vector 28 in Fig. 2. Since the voltage control field winding ld is deenergized, the voltage vector 22 decreases to zero. Thus, the only 'two components of excitation of the dynamo ectric machine i6 which are active at this poin are the reverse reference field component represented by the vector 2l and the opposing reverse current limit eld component represented by the dotted vector 28; Since the component of excitation produced by the voltage control field is zero, the excitation of the dynamoelectric machine i6 tending to force the decay of the generator voltage cannot go to four times normal net excitation as would be the case if this component were .active at this time. In fact. during this reversal, the excitation of the dynamoelectric machine lo cannot exceed the difference between the component of excitation produced by the reference field and the opposing component produced by the current limit eld. As the voltage of the generator M is forced to decay, the pumpback current supplied from-the motor l0 to the generator le increases, and as it increases, the difference between the reference eld component and the current limit eld component decreases thereby weakening the voltage 4of the dynamoelectric machine i6 which is forcing the decay oi the generator eld until a balanced condition results If the pump-back current should exceed Y the limiting value for which the current limitV field circuit is adjusted, the difference betweenthe reference held component andthe current limit eld component would become zero and thus the action of the dynamoelectric machine l 2,329,538 crease further until a pump-back current decreased to produce a net diii'erence between the reference ileld component and the current limit field. Thus, the pump-back current is limited to substantially the same value to which the load current is limited during normal operation.

Y When the generator voltage passes through zero and begins to attain values of the opposite polarity, the reversely connected rectifier 29' permits current to ilow through the voltage control ield winding I 6d in the reverse direction and from this point on the operation o1.' the system is similar to the forward operation described in the foregoing.

Thus, with this simpliiled scheme of control, when reversing the reference eld component to reverse the direction of rotation of the motor, the circuit through the voltage component iield and the conducting rectiner is interrupted and the circuit is reestabushed through the reversiy connected rectiiier. No current. however, is permitted to ilow through this circuit until the voltage oi the generator has passed through zero and begun to risein the reverse direction. As a result, the voltage component of excitation of the control scheme is entirely eliminated until the generator voltage hasl passed through zeroand begun to build up in the reverse direction. As a result, the current limit control iield is only required to oppose the reference ileld in limiting the pump-back current to a safe value.

,The relationship between the generator voltage and the pump-back current during reversal is illustrated by the curve M in Fig. 3 with the maximum pump-back current peak occurring at the point Ila. This peak pump-back current is *only slightly in excess oi the normal full load value oi load current for which the current limit eld circuit is adjusted. In other words, sumcient pump-back current is obtained whereby the current limit ileld component oi' excitation exmoelectric machinehaving means for producing a reference component of excitation and an opposing component of excitation proportional to the voltage at the terminals of said generator and motor, means for reversing the polarity of said reference component of excitation to reverse the voltage of said generator, and means for deenergizing said opposing component of excitation until said generator voltage is reduced to a predetermined low value.

2. A control system comprising in combination, an adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor supplied therefrom, a source of reference voltage, means for controlling the excitation of said generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine provded with control ileld excitation means having connections to saidsource and to the power conductors between said motor and generator so that said machine is excited by the difierence of a reference component of excitation proportional tosaid reference voltage and a voltage component proportional to the terminal voltage of said generator and motor, means for reversing the polarity of said reference component to reverse the voltage oi said generator,and means for deenergizing said voltage component until the voltage of said generator is reduced to a relatively low value.

3. A control system comprising in combination, an adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor supplied therefrom, a source oi reference voltage, means for controlling the excitation oi said generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine provided with control iield excitation means having connections to said source and to the power conductors between raid motor and generator so that said machine is excited by the diilerence of a reference component of excitation proportional to said reference voltage ceeds the reference ileld component by a slight amount which is suiiicient momentarily to hold -up the voltage of thegeneratorV in the direction in which it has been established in order to prevent the generator voltage from decreasing. so rapidly that the pump-back current would exceed the desired limiting value. As the generator voltage falls as represented by the portion of the curve Il between the point Ila and the zero voltage axis, this slight excess oi' current limit component of excitation diminishes and at the zero axis the current limit represented by the point b isthe same as the load current limit for the forward direction which is represented by the point Sib.

Although in accordance with the provisions or the patent statutes this invention is described as embodied in concrete form and the principle thereofhas been explained together with the best mode in which it is now contemplated applying that principle, it will be understood that the apparatus shown and described is .merely illustrative and ,that the invention is not limited thereto, since alterations and modiiications will readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in letters Patent ofthe United States is:

1. A control system comprising in combination, an adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor supplied therefrom, means for controlling the excitation of said generator comprising a dynaand a voltage component proportional to the terminal voltage of said generator and motor, means for reversing the connections to said source of reference voltage to reverse the voltage of said generator, and means for deenergizing said voltage component oi' excitation until the voltage of said generator is reversed.

4. A control system comprising in combination, an adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor supplied therefrom, a source of reference voltage, means for controlling the excitation of said generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine provided with control field excitation means having connections to said source and to the power conductors between said motor and generator so that said machine is excited by the difference of a reference component of excitation proportional to said reference voltage and a voltage component proportional t the terminal voltage of said generator and motor, means for reversing the connections to said source of reference voltage to reverse the voltage of said generator, and means for interrupting the connections to said power conductors and for reestablishing the connections to said power conductors througha undirectional conducting path of reverse directional conductivity so that said voltage component disappears until the voltage of said generator is reversed. A

5. A control system comprising in combination, van adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor supplied therefrom. a source of reierence voltage, means for controlling the excitation of said generatorcomprising a dynamoelectric machine provided with control field excitation means having connections to said sourcof reference voltage and having connections including oppositely connected rectiers to the power conductors between said generator and said'motor s'o that said machine is excited by the diil'erence ofV aV reference component of excitation proportional to said reference voltage and a voltage component proportional to the terminal voltage of said generator and motor, switching means for reversing said connections to said source to reverse the voltage or said generatonand for simultaneously interrupting the connections through one of said rectiers and completing connections through the reversely connected rectiner so that said voltage component of excitation disappears until the voltage oi said generator is reversed.

c 6. A control system comprising in combina- A tween said voltage control eld winding and said tion, an adjustable voltage generator, an eleetric motor supplied therefrom, a source of retil erence voltage, means for controlling the excitation of said generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine provided with control eld excitation means, connections from said excitation means to said source and connections including oppositely connected rectiflers from said. excitation means to the power conductors between said generator and said motor for exciting said machine by the diil'erence of a reference component of excitation proportional to said reference voltage and a voltage component of excita tion proportional to the terminal voltage of said generator and said motor, switching means for selectively completing the connections to said.

power conductors through one or the other of said rectiers, a control switching device for reversing the connections to said source or reierence voltage to reverse the voltage oi said generator and for simultaneously controlling said selective switching means to interrupt the con= nections through the active rectiner and com-= plete the connections through the reversely con-= nected rectler so thatsaid voltage component Senese said motor comprising a voltage control neld winding having connections to the power conductors between said generator and motor so that said machine is excited by the dlderence of said component excitations, oppositeiy connected rectiers included in the connections bepower conductors and switching means for selectively completing the connections through said rectiners, and switching means for reversing the connections from said reference neld windingto said source to reverse the voltage oi said generator and for interrupting the connections through the active rectiner and completing connections through the reversely connected rectiiier so that said voltage component of excitation disappears until the voltage of said generator is reversed.

9. A. control system comprising in combination, an adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor supplied therefrom, means for controlling the excitation of said generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine having means for producing a reference component of excitation and an op posing component of excitationproportional to the voltage at the terminals of said generator and motor, means for reversing the polarity of said reference component of excitation to reverse the voltage of said generator, means for deenergizing said opposing component of excitation until said generator voltage is reduced to a predetermined low value, and means responsive to current exchanged between said generator and motor for controlling the excitation of said dynamoelectric machine to limit said current to a predetermined value.

lo. A control system comprising in combinav tion. an adjustable voltage'generator, an electric of excitation disappears until the voltage of said A generator is reversed.

7. A control system comprising in combination, an adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor supplied therefrom, means providing a reference voltage, means for deriving a controi voltage from the terminal voltageA of said gen-,

erator andl said motor, means for controiling the excitation of said generator comprising a cross armature reaction exciteddirect amature re action compensated dynamoeleotric machine provided with control field excitation means connected to be excited in response to the dier ence of said reference voltage and said derived voltage, means for reversing the polarity ot said reference voltage to reverse the polarity of the voltage-ot said generator, and means for rendering said control ilield excitation meansun responsive to said derived voltage until the pom` llrity of the voltage ci said generator is reversed 8. Acontrol system comprising in combina: tion, an adjustable voltage generator, an electric motor suppiied therefrom, means for exciting said generator comprising an armature re action excited dynamoelectric machine, a source of reference voltage, means for supplying a component lof excitation to said machine propor; tional to said reference voltage comprising a reierence control ileld winding having connections to said source, means for Supplying a component of excitation to said machine proportional to the terminal voltage of said generator and motor supplied therefrom, means for controlling the excitation of said generator comprising a dynamoelectric machine having means for producing a reference component of excitation and an opposing component of excitation proportional to the voltage at the terminals'oi said generator and motor, means for reversing the polarity oi` said reference component of excitation to reverse the voltage of said generator. means for deener gizing said opposing component of excitation until said generator voltage is reduced to a predetermined low value, and means responsive to current exchanged between said generator and motor foisupplying to said dynamoelectric machine a component of excitation opposing said reference componentthereby to limit said current toa predetermined value.

n. A. control system comprising in combina# tion, an adjustablevoltage generator. an electric motor supplied therefrom, means for controlling theexcitationof said generator comprising a dynamoelectricmachine having means for producing a reference component of excitation and an opposing component of excitation proportional to" the voltage atthe terminals of said generator and motor. means for reversing the polarity of said reference component of excitation to reverse the voltage of said generator. means for deenergizing said opposing component of excitation until said generator voltage is reduced to a predetermined low value, and means responsive to current exchanged between said generator and motor only in excess of a predetermined vaiue for supplying a component of excitation opposing said refercnce component-thereby to limit said current' to a predetermined value.

CLAUDE B. HUSTGN. 

